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The Mincing Rascals this week are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, Austin Berg of the Illinois Policy Institute, Jon Hansen of WGN Radio and Block Club Chicago, and Cate Plys, former staff writer at the Chicago Reader and political op-ed columnist at the Sun-Times and Tribune. The Rascals start this week’s show talking about the protest earlier in the week that stopped traffic on I-190 near O’Hare. Is this type of protest a good way to get a message across? Eric took a frame-by-frame deep dive into the video of CPD pulling over Dexter Reed and questions the veracity of the claim that Reed was pulled over for a seatbelt violation. What do the Rascals think of how the video release was handled? A proposal to give the Chicago City Council more control over the city’s contract with ShotSpotter was blocked from a vote today by opponents of the technology. Should SpotSpotter be available in the wards that want the technology? Some voices are calling on President Biden to avoid debating Donald Trump. Do the Rascals believe that the two candidates should debate? The hottest ticket in town could be when the Chicago Sky face Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever this summer. Are the Rascals pumped about the new season with new Sky players Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso? And if you have some free time on Saturday afternoon, Austin will be speaking at the Edgewater Public Library about why Chicago should enact a city charter. You can find all the details about the event here.
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The Mincing Rascals this week are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, Austin Berg of the Illinois Policy Institute, Jon Hansen of WGN Radio and Block Club Chicago, and Cate Plys, former staff writer at the Chicago Reader and political op-ed columnist at the Sun-Times and Tribune. The Rascals start this week’s show talking about the protest earlier in the week that stopped traffic on I-190 near O’Hare. Is this type of protest a good way to get a message across? Eric took a frame-by-frame deep dive into the video of CPD pulling over Dexter Reed and questions the veracity of the claim that Reed was pulled over for a seatbelt violation. What do the Rascals think of how the video release was handled? A proposal to give the Chicago City Council more control over the city’s contract with ShotSpotter was blocked from a vote today by opponents of the technology. Should SpotSpotter be available in the wards that want the technology? Some voices are calling on President Biden to avoid debating Donald Trump. Do the Rascals believe that the two candidates should debate? The hottest ticket in town could be when the Chicago Sky face Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever this summer. Are the Rascals pumped about the new season with new Sky players Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso? And if you have some free time on Saturday afternoon, Austin will be speaking at the Edgewater Public Library about why Chicago should enact a city charter. You can find all the details about the event here.

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